Best 5 Thumbprint Kisses Recipes

THUMBPRINT HERSHEY KISS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a large baking sheet and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl combine softened butter and peanut butter. Mix with a hand or stand mixer until light and fluffy
• Add in both sugars and mix until well combined.
• Add in egg and vanilla and stir until just combined.
• Mix together flour, salt, and baking soda and add into wet mixture and mix until a dough forms.

THUMBPRINT HERSHEY KISS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and have ready a cookie sheet lined with a sheet of parchment paper or a Silpat.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and sea salt. Set aside until ready to use.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and peanut butter on medium-high speed. If you don't have a stand mixer, use a large mixing bowl and a handheld mixer. Add the egg, followed by the vanilla extract. Add the flour with the mixer on low. Remove bowl from mixer and scrape the dough from the bottom, up and over the top. Return bowl to the mixer and mix on low 30 seconds more.
• Scoop out a scant tablespoon of dough and form into a ball. Place about 1" apart on parchment paper. Bake 10 minutes, remove from the oven and set atop a cooling rack.
• Place the chocolate kiss in the center of the cookie and apply gentle pressure to inset. Allow to cool 5-10 minutes, serve and enjoy.

CHOCOLATE THUMBPRINT KISS COOKIES RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Beat butter with sugar in medium bowl until well blended. Beat in egg yolk, milk, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients to butter mixture, beating until blended. Stir in morsels. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour or until firm. Heat oven to 350°F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, roll balls in granulated sugar, place on cookie sheet. Press thumb gently in the center of each cookie. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. While baking unwrap kisses. When cookies are done, remove from oven and immediately and gently press unwrapped kisses into each thumbprint indention. Dust cookies with powdered sugar. Best served warm.

CHOCOLATE THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate until easy to handle, about 1 hour. , In a small bowl, whisk egg white until foamy. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; dip in egg white, then roll in nuts. Place on greased baking sheets. Using a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in center of each cookie. Bake at 350° until center is set, 10-12 minutes. , For filling, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, milk and vanilla; stir until smooth. Spoon or pipe 1/4 teaspoon into each warm cookie; gently press a chocolate kiss in the center. Carefully remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

THUMBPRINT KISSES

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the egg yolks and vanilla and mix well. Mix in the flour then knead in the finely chopped walnuts. Cover and chill dough for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Roll chilled dough into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Make a thumbprint in the middle of each cookie.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 12 to 15 minutes.
• In a small pan over medium heat melt the caramels and the light cream together. Stir until smooth. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon o the caramel into the thumbprint of each warm cookie then top with a chocolate kiss.